Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc., Petitioners v. Florida State Board of Education, Respondents.

Summary

The court approved the First District’s decision rejecting petitioners’ challenge to Florida’s entire K-12 education system. It held that the blanket constitutional challenge was nonjusticiable because petitioners offered no judicially manageable standard that would avoid intrusion into legislative and executive powers, and it additionally held that petitioners failed to establish a causal relationship between alleged educational deficiencies and inadequate resources. The court also declined to reach petitioners’ arguments concerning the McKay and FTC programs because those arguments were not adequately preserved. Chief Justice Canady concurred in the judgment’s reasoning, while Justices Pariente and Lewis dissented, asserting that the education clause supplies judicially manageable standards and requires remand for merits review.